Fender Princeton reverb 65 reissue- too much bass

[gggomez]

Greentone I tried your suggestion and I dig it.

I will do a recording soon, trying to put together my first chord arrangement, nearly there.

[artcore]

getting the amp off the floor was a big improvement for me...also....some rooms its good, others more tweaking is necessary......( not a PR, but the mustang).....

[DaveLeeNC]

I just stumbled into this thread and also run into a 'boomey bass' problem on my ES-175D. And in my case I am playing through a software modeler (Line6 HD500X) and a small JBL studio monitor (5" - I am in a very small room).

I was listening to a comparison of the ES-175 and L-5 on youtube (

) through these same studio monitor speakers. And to my ear both of these had a good dose of "the boom" that I hear in my own playing (fingerstyle, BTW).

FWIW.

dave

[Greentone]

vinnyv1k has offered some great advice on this thread. The alnico P10Q speaker is great for the amp--for the remedy you are looking for. Getting the amp up off of the floor is also a great idea.

finally, the PRRI is a super amp to combine with the Gibson Tal Farlow guitar.

[gggomez]

I was listening to Tal Farlow last night, his first recording with Blue Note the one with Gil Melle. Generally I find Tal Farlow recorded sound quite stale but man they sure got it right way way way back, the first Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note recording also I believe. Apologies this has nothing to do with a Princeton except that it is probably the sound many of us desire, the ultimate Blackface sound recorded maybe before Blackface amps came out:

[Vimtokid1976]

Hi, I had the same problem, for many years I've been making sure 100% of my tone goes straight to the amp, but since I've owned the 68 Princeton custom deluxe, and 65 reverb deluxe I have found both amps are very heavy in the bass even on 0. I did my first gig with my regular band, it was a rock n roll night, with some Cash Box Kings Blues too, on the sound check, I walked around the room with my line 6 g10 working like a champ, and my tone was amazing so full and deep, then the other guitarists did their sound check, one had a Vox vt40+ and the other had a fender mustang 3 100 v2, not miked up and very toppy and too loud compared to the 68, so I miked up the 68, and I had to shelve loads of bass off. I hadn't planned to use any pedals because I love the amps sound, and didint want to use any pedals. so then to used a EHX Crayon 76 to roll of some bass, no drive and volume around 1/4, and it's given me so much headroom, no buzz, just a clean sound.
I am not into modding amps, plus mines brand new and I don't want to get into taking my amp apart for the sake of using a pedal. Cheers. A

[boatheelmusic]

Lift it off the floor, as mentioned, and also out from the wall behind it. Certainly not in a corner.

If you were placing speakers in an audio system, that's what you'd try before changing any components.

[artcore]

I was able to get the tone I wanted with the mustang....it just takes a little messing around with.....in fact I only use the pre-amp model setting....nice jazz tone....works great.......I also play only with fingers

[whiskey02]

Hello,
my favorite amp is my Princeton reverb. But with a lot of guitars, it has too much bass- even when the bass knob is turned too zero. With single coils it s ok but humbuckers are a problem. I only play fingerstyle jazz, so I use the flesh on my thumb and the nails on the other fingers which I think makes the problem even bigger because the bass is increased this way. With my main guitar (Benedetto Bravo with Fralin P92 pickup) the sound is great and I do not have a problem, but normal humbucker archtops are a real problem.
Is this a common problem and what would you do? Are all fender amps like this. I wish the bass would go to minus 2-3.

Would be great if one of you have an advice.

Fabian

Might be too easy but do you have to amp raised up off the floor? You might just need a $20 amp stand.

[jbucklin]

Try growing your thumbnail out. My PRRI has become my main gigging amp, and with the upgrades I did it sounds so sweet!